What is CVE-2016-7039?

CVE-2016-7039 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2016-7039?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-7039 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2016-7039

The IP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and panic) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering use of the GRO path for large crafted packets, as demonstrated by packets that contain only VLAN headers, a related issue to CVE-2016-8666.

Published 2016-10-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.076 (94.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.076 · newest: 0.076 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel
Oracle Linux — versions 6, 7
Oracle Vm Server — versions 3.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2107.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0372 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
bto.bluecoat.com/security-advisory/sa134 (Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/10/15 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/680412/ (Patch, Issue Tracking)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2047.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinoct2016-3090547.html (Third Party Advisory)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2110.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7039?: CVE-2016-7039 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2016-7039?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-7039 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.